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Club1927.1447

Whalebone club inlaid with haliotis or abalone in a dot and groove pattern down the length of the blade. The bottom of the blade pattern ends in a human face, the same on both sides. The top of the handle is carved into the characteristic open mouthed bird-like profile, with an inlaid eye and grooves.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Club1922.954

Whalebone club with characteristic open-mouthed bird-like handle end which is carved in profile with an elongated eye. The blade of the club has a serrated band pattern running down its length terminating in a tongue. The blade is thick and has been severely worn on one side, and there are several notches in the edges. The carved grooves appear to have had some reddish substance colouring the design. A piece of twine is wrapped round the neck of the club.; Good.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
whale bone
Made in
Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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BeaterZ 43517

A worn bark beater made from whalebone. The handle terminates in a fish-tail shaped section. The rectangular face of the beater is incised with eight parallel grooves.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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BeaterE 1903.55

A bark beater carved from whalebone. The handle of the beater is double ended, one being longer, and the other shorter with a round ended groove cut into its end. The slightly flared rectangular beater section has a cavity through its centre. Theunderside of the beater is scored with fourteen parallel grooves.; Good

Culture
Tlingit
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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BeaterE 1898.39

A slightly curved bark beater with a flat handle cut out of the bone of a whalebone. The rectangular face of the beater has seven parallel grooves cut along its length. The handle terminates in a slightly wider and bifurcating section.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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SpoonZ 14928 A-C

Three horn spoons. A: Back of bowl carved as well as handle. Bowl attached by copper rivets.B: The dark spoon has a decorated handle with a curved bowl afixed to the base of the handle by two small rivets (Alaska 1892). The handle is composed of possibly a human figure (the head as been broken off) holding a spear-like object. This figure is standing on a frog which in turn is seated on the head of a beaver. The beaver has a chewing stick between its teeth, a tail which extends behind the bowl. C: Has two lines of hatching running along bowl inside. handle short (' Ukon, Klondike' ); Good

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
horn, metal, copper metal and mountain goat horn
Made in
Yukon Territory, Canada ?; British Columbia, Canada ? or Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Drum1992.2 A-B

A: Wooden ceremonial drum or ' gujaaw' , painted by the well known Haida artist Reg Davidson. Goatskin stretched over yellow cedar hoop. Caribou horn handle at back of drum. Round design on front depicts front view of eagle face, in red, black and white acrylic paint. The drum is used to accompany traditional singing at many celebratory occasions. B: Beater, made from cedar wooden, with end bound in red cloth. The drums of this type are used to accompany traditional singing at many celebratoryoccasions such as feasts, potlatches, and pole raisings. The unpainted drum was not made by the artist but purchased ready for painting the design. The drum maker was from Vancouver Island; Good; Complete

Culture
Haida
Material
wood, cedar wood, cloth, skin and horn
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Shark Headdress2736/7

Realistic representation of shark head is painted bluish gray with carved black eyes and red gill lines. Worn with nose pointing upwards, the beard and the mouth, made up of part of the jaw and teeth of a shark set above a row of squared white wood teeth, are therefore facing forward. The headdress has long strands of grass fibres hanging from the sides and a foam lining around the interior rim. The jaw is held in with nails and two strands of woven synthetic rope are knotted and pulled through holes in the wood.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, grass, shark tooth, metal, polyurethane foam, paint, synthetic fibre, shark bone, shark skin and cotton fibre
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bull Mask2736/2

Round, two-part, red and white painted bull mask with natural horns and cow hide at top has foam lining attached with nails. Green bottle glass eyes surrounded with painted white cow hide stare upwards and there is a long rectangular opening below the chin. Several lengths of green synthetic rope are wound and bound around the neck joins, others emerge from inside through nostrils and holes in the head, one of which has a fibre bundle toggle at the end.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, paint, glass, cow horn, cow skin, grass, synthetic fibre, metal and plastic
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shark Headdress2736/5

Hammerhead shark headdress consisting of curved crown-like wood head piece with small carved hammerhead shark facing forward from on top of a grass pompom with dangling red ribbons. Long strands of brown grass hang down in two thick bunches from grass pompoms at the base of the wood and a goat ? horn projects out to each side. Carved and painted designs in white, red and black decorate the wood on both sides and a grass rope head strap is knotted through a hole below the shark to form a head strap.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, paint, goat horn ?, grass and plastic
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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